Dr. Stange will be starting at University of Pittsburgh in Fall 2027. He is considering graduate students for the 2027-2028 academic year.
- Ph.D.; Temple University
Education & Training
- Susan Nolen-Hoeksema Early Career Research Award, Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology (2024)
- Early Career Award, Society for Affective Science (2023)
- President’s New Researcher Award, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (2021)
- Distinguished Early Career Contribution to Psychophysiology Award, Society for Psychophysiological Research (2021)
- NARSAD Young Investigator Award (2018-2020)
- Rising Star, Association for Psychological Science (2018)
*Indicates student/trainee author in CAR lab
Stange, J. P., *Xu, E. P., *Zapetis, S. L., *Li, J., Jenkins, L. M., Jimmy, J., *Ye, Z., *Sellery, P., *Phanord, C. S., Forbes, E., Trull, T. J., Mermelstein, R. J., & Ajilore, O. (2026). Neurophysiological markers of regulation success in everyday life in depression. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 11(1), 58-69.
*Minns, S., Martins-Klein, B., *Zapetis, S., *Xu, E. P., *Li, J., Leon, G. A., *Turnamian, M. R., *Webb, D., *Tharanipathy, A., *Givens, E., & Stange, J. P. (2026). When breath lifts your mood: Dynamic everyday links between breathing, affect, and emotion regulation in remitted depression. Journal of Affective Disorders, 396, 120686.
*Farrukh, U., *Li, J., *Xu, E. P., *Zapetis, S. L., & Stange, J. P. (2026). Time in remission from depression predicts cognitive-affective regulation dynamics in everyday life. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 48(2), 181-193.
*Li, J., *Xu, E. P., *Zapetis, S., *Phanord, C., *Ye, Z., *Keefe, K., *Farrukh, U., Forbes, E., Trull, T., & Stange, J. P. (2025). Ambulatory physiological state dynamics predict proximal behavioral markers of affect regulation in everyday life. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 134(8), 926-934.
Stange, J. P. (2024). Integrating dynamic psychophysiological indices across time and contexts: Elucidating mechanisms, risk markers, and intervention targets. Psychophysiology, 61(10), e14630.
*Zapetis, S., *Xu, E. P., *Li, J., *Ye, Z., *Phanord, C., Trull, T., Schneider, S., & Stange, J. P. (2024). Autonomic inertia as a proximal risk marker for moments of perseverative cognition in everyday life in remitted depression. Depression and Anxiety, 2024, 9193159.
*Xu, E. P., *Li, J., *Zapetis, S. L., Trull, T., & Stange, J. P. (2024). The mind wanders to dark places: Mind-wandering catalyzes rumination in the context of negative affect and impulsivity. Emotion, 24(8), 1826-1836.
*Xu, E. P., *Li, J., *Zapetis, S. L., *Keefe, K., Trull, T., & Stange, J. P. (2024). Momentary impulsivity interferes with emotion regulation strategy prioritization in everyday life in remitted depression. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 172, 104424.
Stange, J. P., *Li, J., *Xu, E., *Ye, Z., *Zapetis, S., *Phanord, C., *Wu, J., *Sellery, P., *Keefe, K., Forbes, E., Mermelstein, R. J., Trull, T. J., & Langenecker, S. A. (2023). Autonomic complexity dynamically indexes affect regulation in everyday life. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 132(7), 847-866.
Stange, J. P., Jenkins, L. M., *Pocius, S., *Kreutzer, K., Bessette, K., DelDonno, S. R., Kling, L. R., Bhaumik, R., Welsh, R. C., Keilp, J. G., Phan, K. L., & Langenecker, S. A. (2020). Using resting-state intrinsic network connectivity to identify suicide risk in mood disorders. Psychological Medicine, 50(14), 2324-2334.
Stange, J. P., Kleiman, E. M., Mermelstein, R. J., & Trull, T. J. (2019). Using ambulatory assessment to measure dynamic risk processes in affective disorders. Journal of Affective Disorders, 259, 325-336.
My lab focuses on identifying cognitive and affective processes that confer risk for depression. Our work uses neuroimaging, autonomic psychophysiology, and experimental, behavioral, and intensive longitudinal methods. A primary focus is on tracking dynamic regulation processes over time in ecologically valid “real-world” contexts, using tools such as wearable ambulatory autonomic psychophysiology and ecological momentary assessment. A second focus is on identifying the neural circuitry supporting successful affect regulation in everyday life. A third focus is on experimentally modulating potential mechanisms of successful affect regulation (e.g., using heart rate variability biofeedback). By improving our understanding of how regulation varies between individuals, as well as within people over time, our research has implications for developing person-centered metrics for detecting periods of risk, and for intervening to improve affect regulation and reduce risk for depression.
Please see the Cognition and Affect Regulation Lab’s website for additional information.
